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    The Beast of Begmire: The Tales of Reagul, #1
    The Beast of Begmire: The Tales of Reagul, #1
    The Beast of Begmire: The Tales of Reagul, #1
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    The Beast of Begmire: The Tales of Reagul, #1

    By Duane Gundrum

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    After the destruction of the City of Fireme by the Dark One, the sorceress Evina and her warrior partner Helm escape to the City of Begmire, where they face down a sinister creature that is intent on destroying the city. In dire need of rest after the battle of Fireme, Helm must face the beast alone, realizing that his actions might call down the Dark One to Begmire, leaving Evina completely helpless to defend against him while still trying to recover her power.

    This is a stand-alone novella from The Tales of Reagul series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDuane Gundrum
    Release dateDec 23, 2013
    ISBN9781497750883
    The Beast of Begmire: The Tales of Reagul, #1
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    Duane Gundrum

    Possibly the greatest translator to ever live, Duane Gundrum can speak 35 words of at least two different languages fluently. When sober, he can walk a straight line and not fall down once. Well, once, but he still thinks he was tripped. Always fascinated by the Greek Trojans, he wonders why they couldn't have gone with a different name instead of stealing USC's mascot for their own. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but don't tell anyone. You know that whole restraining order thing....

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      The Beast of Begmire - Duane Gundrum

      About The Beast of Begmire

      The novella runs about 42 pages in book form and consists of 11,100 words.

      Also by Duane Gundrum

      NOVELS

      INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUITY

      LEADER OF THE LOSERS

      DESTINY

      ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE (AWOL)

      DEADLY DECEPTIONS

      THOMPSON’S BOUNTY: A SHIP OUT OF TIME

      THE AMERIAD

      THE TEDDY BEAR CONSPIRACY

      NOVELLAS

      BETWEEN A LAUGH AND A SCREAM

      ALL ROADS LEAD TO PINE BUSH

      MAPPING THE SILENCE OF DREAMS

      THE SHADOW PEOPLE

      THE BEAST OF BEGMIRE

      SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

      DARKENED PASSAGES

      POETRY

      LICENSE TO QUILL

      SHORT STORIES

      BURIED MEMORIES

      NONFICTION

      NEO REVOLUTIONARY MESSAGES

      The Beast of Begmire-TITLE PAGE

      The character and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

      Text copyright 2013 © Duane Gundrum

      No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express permission of the copyright holder.

      THE BEAST OF BEGMIRE

      by

      Duane Allen Gundrum

      If there was one constant in the history of warfare, it was that wars were rarely completely decisive.  Even in the most one-sided conflicts, even the losing side gained a momentary advantage at some point during the clash.  When Magnus defeated Larsus in the Battle of the Bride, even Larsus’s army had instances where it looked like history might not have been written as currently taught.  When Walner’s forces spread out across the lands with no defeat in sight, a lone baron held out long enough for the boy king to find Sarbonn and turn back the tide.  But on this day, the devastation brought upon Fireme was so one-sided and demonstrative that no memory of success on the part of the vanquished would ever be remembered.  The dark forces were both overwhelming and of a magnitude never before seen in the history of Reagul.

      Retreat was the order of the day, and the complete abandonment of Fireme was all the few survivors could do as demon armies and impassioned followers of the Dark One slaughtered anyone they could find.  Minor wizards sacrified their lives to shield any surivivors from sight long enough to escape, even though evil blindly hancked through the darkness, finding victims as more swords and axes swung freely through the shadowed cloaks.  One by one, the wizards fell to blades as they did what they could to offer brief windows of escape for the many potential victims of this lost battlefield.

      Over the cries and screams, a lone exhausted voice could be heard wailing: Evina!  Evina!  The voice wailed over and over until the bloody warrior calling out the name emerged from bodies of dark army soldiers, slashing his way through like an explorer trapsing through the jungle, seeking a river.  As drak forces moved towards his voice, his sword swung deftly before him, cutting down evil men and creatures who came near him.  As many tried to reach him, all that appeared important to him was the object of his search, which remained elusive no matter how many enemies he sliced through before him.

      As he plowed through the enemies before him, his eyes latched onto the figure of a slender woman, standing before a throng of enemy creatures who seemed to be apprehensive about approaching any closer to her.  Their fears were founded as lightning erupted from her fingers, frying several columns of enemies right where they stood, leaving nothing but ashes in the wake.  As another group tried to flank her from the

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